In September, top officials at SEIU Local 1000 – which represents
California government workers – introduced a proposal to triple the pay of the union’s president, Yvonne Walker. Apparently, SEIU officials somehow forgot that
thousands of the union’s rank-and-file members are getting hammered by wage freezes,
furloughs, and possible pay cuts amidst a giant state budget deficit.

Now… Tasty ain’t no genius, but even Tasty’s slobbering half-brained
dog coulda figured out it’s not real smart to triple the union president’s
paycheck while workers and their families are getting slammed by pay freezes
and furloughs.

…there are probably no
classifications represented by our union that pay $150,000 a year and few, if
any that get to $125,000. The currently proposed pay scale for the officers,
$125,000 to $150,000 would put them in a significantly higher income stratum
than vast majority of Local 1000 members. From a political perspective that
would put them as individuals in the position of being able to finance an
entire election campaign on their own. Whereas over the last twenty years
candidates have had to organize networks of members to raise money and
volunteer help to win elections. That would not be good for our member-led
union.

Good point!So… if
$150K undermines union democracy, then what does Regan’s $300,000 a year mean
for the future of SEIU-UHW? Not a pretty
picture, my friends.

Back at Local 1000, the outrage over the presidential pay
hike ultimately forced
SEIU to back down. Tasty hears that SEIU
officials started getting real nervous when workers began clamoring for more
petitions to decertify SEIU. Meanwhile, it looks like SEIU is simply waiting for things
to quiet down before they push the purple pay hikes once again. In one news article, SEIU quietly announced it “would
continue to study the issue.”

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